Control the little knight all the way.

After passing through a long corridor, Wang Laoju came to a heavy gate.

It was a door with a unique shape, like the hard wings of a beetle.

This game is almost entirely built on the microcosm of insects, so this chic gate gives Wang Laoju a little more unique feeling.

Swing the bone nail in your hand and after a few hard hits, it will be easily shattered.

The in-game hint that he has entered the Hallownest.

Further on, there is a dilapidated and abandoned town.

Due to the Zerg's habit of living in the underworld, there is also no sunlight here.

Faint street lamps illuminate the fading surroundings.

Along the way, the young knight encounters another beetle that bears a resemblance to him, named Elder Worm, who claims to be the mayor of the town of Detmouth.

After Wang Laoju had a quick conversation with it, he summarized it concisely.

"The mayor just told us that in the past, this was actually a very prosperous kingdom of insects, and the main body of the Holy Nest was under the ground not far ahead, and the roads led in all directions. However, due to an unknown accident, all the insects living here disappeared, and the rest became crazy...... I've played a lot of games with people as characters, but with insects as the protagonists, and the background view of this world is also a game of insects, it's the first time I've come into contact with it, so it's quite novel. ”

The barrage also responded.

"Indeed, if you told me before this that there was a game with bugs as the main body, I probably wouldn't have looked at it too much, but the design of the main character by the carve designer is quite cute? And this old mayor, who doesn't look bad, doesn't disgust me anyway. ”

“gogogo！ skip！ I want to see a river of blood! "There is also a barrage urging.

There is no need to rush the barrage, and there is nothing to explore in this flat town.

Wang Laoju turned around and found that sure enough, only the mayor was standing in place, and the other snail shell houses were closed, and there were no lights inside.

I followed the mayor's instructions all the way to a hole in front of me.

Jump without hesitation.

Soon, the name of the place in the area was displayed on the screen

【Forgotten Crossroads】

And the first monster also appeared in front of Wang Laoju.

The bug has a round head and a round brain, and it looks like it is based on a bed bug.

Don't say a word, let's split!

Manipulating the little knight to step forward quickly, a bone nail slashes out horizontally!

"Smack!"

The bone spike streaked a silver light in the air and struck the bug, knocking it back slightly for a short distance.

The monsters in this game don't seem to have a health bar, but the little knight character's health bar is displayed in the upper left, with five white masks, symbolizing that the protagonist has five lives at the beginning.

Without waiting for the bed bug to react, rush up and make up for two more cuts.

"Smack! Syllable! ”

Three times, instantly slash the bed bug to the ground and complete the kill.

But Wang Laoju's eyes lit up slightly at this moment, and he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't make a sound.

The reaction of the sailors was also somewhat similar.

"Huh?"

"Wait...... The feel of this attack? ”

Wang Laoju picked up a few coins named Geo that had been dropped by the bug.

Then he started to look for the next monster in the underworld.

Soon he spotted a second bed bug.

rushed forward in the same way, and several bone nails quickly slashed at the bed bug one after another.

After killing it again.

Wang Laoju's eyes widened.

How does this game feel ......?

The barrage of sailors is also flying repeatedly.

"? Isn't this feel good, a bit exaggerated? ”

"Come up and make a big move?"

"Even I, an audience, can see how Nima, Kebao did this?"

"Is there a big guy who comes out to say it, I don't know what you're talking about."

"A veteran of action games for ten years, I haven't seen such an outrageous feel before today, it's too silky...... I didn't understand how that was done. ”

In action games, feel has always been a subtle and abstract word, but it's real.

The strength or weakness of the feel is often one of the key factors in whether or not you can retain players.

It encapsulates the sense of impact and gives the player's imagination supplementary feedback.

It also includes the feedback of hand instructions that bounce back to the brain.

It also includes visual feedback on the psychological level.

Let's take a simple example.

When the player presses the attack button, if there is a delay, for example, two seconds before the character swings the knife to slash out.

Then, it is difficult for players to accurately control the time of these two seconds.

Once you get into a bitter battle, it is very likely that you will be killed by the enemy with one blow or too late.

This creates a very strong sense of disgust.

This disgust does not come from the player's mistake in the operation itself, but from the fact that the game's feel mechanics are badly done.

Then it will increase the probability that the player will abandon the pit.

Therefore, even action game manufacturers who have found a new way on the Blue Star are aware of the importance of feel.

Usually only the character is given a forward and backward swing, and then there's instant feedback.

That is, the moment the player presses the command, the time of the forward swing is removed, and the knife can be played immediately.

It allows the player to be highly integrated with the characters in the game, and produces a slight thrill of 'I can control it'.

The higher this level of control, the better the player's feel experience.

But the action games on Blue Star are working more and more towards the sense of blow, and the characters' moves are becoming more and more fancy.

Some skill starters even need to turn around in place a few times and place several sets of poss before they can be thrown.

These games have also been played a lot.

But after experiencing the Hollow Knight for the first time today.

He found that the game was not only simple in style, but also simple in operation.

Even the feel of the hand has achieved the ultimate in subtraction.

There are no bells and whistles, it is just an unpretentious sword, and the back and forth swing is extremely short.

The moment he pressed the command, the little knight in the game had already raised his knife and slashed at the monster.

This kind of simple feedback will instantly fill the player's sense of control.

After a mistake, players will no longer find excuses because of the feel, but will only think about where their mistakes are.

And this approach is not without its drawbacks.

The downside is that if the feedback command is too fast, distortion will occur.

This thing has the same recoil as an FPS firearm.

It's not good to be too big.

But if there is no one at all, the player will point to where to fight, and any peg dog can stabilize the headshot, and the experience of playing will also have a peculiar smell.

In action games, if you are carrying a heavy sword, but you are slashing out at the speed of light, you don't even have any sense of effort.

It will also make the player play.

Therefore, action games on Blue Star generally give up part of the feel, so as to work on the back and forth swing, heavy weapons will be designed with a very difficult forward swing, as well as a heavy sense of blow, so that the character's moves look more natural.

"But the Hollow Knight blends these elements very well." Wang Laoju briefly explained to the sailors.

"The chopping action is very fast, but in order to avoid drama, when the little knight hits the enemy, there will be a small sliding backward picture, and there is a kind of reaction force presented, so that players can truly experience the sense of power at the same time, and experience the sense of mastery of real-time feedback."

Wang Laoju is a game master in the end, and after he explained it to a well-informed person, the sailors who suddenly realized it were even more shocked.

"Grass? Kebao is more understanding than this! ”

"Come up and make a big move, right? This Nima is the action debut of a company that has never done an action game before? ”

"The road is simple, to be honest, I'm a little tired of playing that kind of cool action game, and I finally saw a different work today."

"Being able to achieve the ultimate in action subtraction, and still showing this sense of blow and feel, can only say that there is a reason why the number one player has achieved this volume in less than a year."

"Kebao earns my money, I really don't feel distressed at all!"

While the barrage was talking, Wang Laoju had already continued to operate.

To be honest, he was a little curious about what the game was trying to present.

The plot at the beginning is too fragmented, so that players don't have too deep a sense of substitution.

And then the action of this piece, although the feel is good, but it is too simple.

It's not a simple problem with monsters, and the difficulty of monsters is not high at the beginning of any game.

Mainly, there are only a few operation instructions, and you can press them casually with your eyes closed, how difficult can it be?

I always feel like this game will get tired if you don't play it for long.

With this thought, Wang Laoju just went out from the left exit of the [Forgotten Crossroads].

He regretted it.

If you say, the few bed bugs he killed just now are novice teaching, and they are used for players to practice knives and find their feelings.

Then the picture presented on the left is undoubtedly like a drawing of hell......

There is hardly a complete coherent ground to be found within the entire screen.

It's all short platforms that float in the air, like blocks scattered around each other.

And what's even worse is that.

This whole screen is densely packed with monsters!

Up to a dozen!

And all of them are winged insects that can fly into the sky, and they are about the size of a little knight.

The prototype is like a fly.

It's just that the Q version of the game is cute.,It doesn't look annoying.。

But they have the ability to attack from a distance.

In contrast, the little knight standing on the jumping platform looked pitiful, weak and helpless.

This scene also shocked the sailors.

"Huh?"

"No, there is a game that does this?"

"Kebao: You've learned 1+1=2, let's prove why 1+1 = 2!"

"I'm afraid that the player won't refund the money, right......"

"Wake up, it's free-to-play."

"Is this also in the calculation of the carving? As long as I'm free, you can't get a refund! ”

And what makes everyone feel even more outrageous.

This level is even more difficult than it seems!

I saw that after Wang Laoju settled down, he pressed the button and jumped.

When you cross from the jumping platform to another pedal.

A fly's attack has already locked on the little knight.

A mouthful of orange-yellow 'thick phlegm' spat out on his face.

Wang Laoju is also an old gamer in the end, and the basic reaction is still there.

Just as he manipulated the character to hide to the left.

But it triggered the hatred of another fly.

I had no choice but to jump off another floating step.

But there are monsters waiting for him down there!

Buzz!

The flies make annoying flapping sounds, and the hatred locks in an unusually large range.

Even in the process of dodging, he accidentally slipped and fell to the bottom of the platform.

Couldn't shake off the flies either.

Wang Laoju struggled to wield the bone nail, but the enemy's attack frequency was higher.

The seemingly thick 5 lives were emptied almost instantaneously in just a few seconds.

The screen then rewinds to the platform where the little knight was originally standing.

Wow!

Resume!

"It's high! My blood pressure is already starting to go high! ”

"Nima is outrageous, other games are all waiting for players to have a good time, and this game is a game that I wish players would die quickly, right?"

"As long as it's not produced by the number one player, I may have quit the live broadcast room by now, and people with high blood pressure can't see this."

Wang Laoju also felt very confused.

No, how can you do this game.

Why don't you let me get used to it first......

And what made him even more uncomfortable was that.

After landing just now, I killed two or three bed bugs and exploded a little gold (Geo)

After his death, all this money was left in the same place where he died just now.

Other words......

If you want to get the money back.

You even have to sink to the bottom of the floating staircase.

Now it's all about the lack of money.

What if you accumulate enough money later?

At a difficult point, accidentally died violently.

Then you have to smash the keyboard on the spot?

This setting,Just thinking about it makes people feel persuaded to quit.。

If you look at the entire Blue Star market, there is not a single designer who dares to do this for action games......

In particular, Wang Laoju tried many times in the next ten minutes, and repeatedly died violently, although there was some progress, he could also kill two and three from the first one that was not killed.

But he felt that the frustration brought by the death of this game was too strong.

It even makes itself look like a dumb comparison.

"This time, I feel like there's something wrong with the number one player's mind."

"Employees, I'll try again, and if it still doesn't work, this game can only be ...... Not quite for me. Wang Laoju said euphemistically.

The barrage also discussed.

"Let's go, stop playing, I recognize other games of Kebao, but this game ...... It feels like it's deliberately torturing the player, and it's not fun at all. ”

"It can already be judged as a failure, and it is too dissuading."

"In which game is my kryptonite sow not boasting, can I stand this?"

"It's even more outrageous than Iwanna, at least Iwanna is caused by various pitfalls, and the show is full of effects, okay, I was only full of blood pressure in this game."

"You just say it's not innovative/Doghead, at least Blue Star has never had such an ultimate torture game before."

"I don't play anyway, I'll just take a look, I can't stand this game when I run a peripheral store."

There has never been such a torturous start, and it also makes the sailors gradually lose patience.

Wang Laoju began the last attempt.

Take off and land on the first step.

At this time, the flies on the top of the head will fall, which has become an experience in the seven or eight times that I have died before.

So he quickly raised his head and manipulated the little knight to pull over with a bone nail as quickly as possible.

"Smack!"

A crisp sound accompanied by a surge of force sent the fly fan flying a short distance.

Then jump and start, and add another basic attack in the air.

Flies have less blood than bed bugs.

The two knives were directly done, and an orange-yellow slurry burst out.

At the same time, Wang Laoju did not stop, and began to jump towards the bottom of the steps quickly.

One on the left and two on the right, a total of three monsters, give priority to the left.

Jumping repeatedly, the murderous aura has arrived.

Quickly approaching the fly on the left, and before it could come to him, he rushed in front of him and threw out a backhand snail.

Immediately after jumping, air pursuit!

Kill one again cleanly!

Turn your head and run to the right!

Wang Laoju made an unexpected discovery.

I don't know if I died too many times just now, which led to the rhythm and experience.

Or maybe it's not as difficult as you think.

His attempt this time, whether it was the rhythm of the attack or the rhythm of the jump.

It's almost perfectly controlled!

Even in the process of operation, there is gradually a hint of chic and elegant pleasure.

And when the little knight fell all the way through the countless floating steps.

The bone nail in his hand also completed the last hand knife fall in the air.

"Smack!"

Silver flashes.

This area, clear!

The little knight also landed at this moment, along with the corpse of the fly.

The explosion of Geo who killed a group of monsters also fell all over the ground.

In the absence of operation instructions, it carried the bone nail back behind its back, and its body was hidden in a wide windbreaker robe, a shabby windbreaker swaying in the wind, and its appearance had an indescribable indifference and handsomeness.

At this moment, the sailors were all stunned.

"? Opened?? ”

"Shocked! There are crooked melons! ”

"So handsome??"

"I'm funny, watching the chairman's elegant way of cutting melons and chopping vegetables, it's inexplicably a little cool!"

"Shhh...... Something is wrong, this game is wrong! Kebao is going to put Gu inside, right? Don't try to trick me into the pit! I feel that my experience of playing is definitely different from that of the chairman! …… Ahh Eight said I'll go next! ”

Not only water friends, but even Wang Laoju's heart is surging with an inexplicable dark coolness!

I finally realized the unique coolness of this game that is different from other action games on the market.

A burst of accomplishment!

What does it feel like to play other action games?

The player's coolness has always been maintained in the fancy and cool skills, as well as multiple combos, which make the big numbers constantly explode frequently.

But the coolness of this game is more like first suppressing and then rising, and it seems to be bright.

It's like, when a difficulty is in front of you, you fail many times, are not afraid of the hardship, and finally overcome it.

All the previous depression and dissatisfaction will erupt like a volcano at this moment, and all of them will be converted into a strong sense of achievement!

This is quite advanced because it's not based on what the game presents.

It's an affirmation of self!

Engraved designer ...... It's a fucking thing!

What is Nima's advanced design idea to elevate a game to the player's self-affirmation?

When I thought that I didn't approve of this game just now, I even thought that there was something wrong with the designer's thinking...... Wang Laoju suddenly felt a tingling in his scalp.

It turns out that the person who has a problem with my mind is myself?

It's because I didn't get the overly strong forward-thinking of the engraver......

It is no exaggeration to say.

After this wave is over.

Wang Laoju feels that "Hollow" can even be independent from action games and open up an exclusive genre.

A glance swept through the dense and rapidly surging barrage.

Look at the words that keep praising you.

Wang Laoju's self-confidence also burst instantly, grinning.

"That's the difficulty?"

"I think this game is very simple!"

Thank you for the 3000+ book coins reward of the "Life Never Stops" boss!

Thank you for your silent support during this time! It's been a long time, and I'm really grateful for sticking in and signing in every day and giving rewards!! Big guy hard work!!

In addition, I would also like to thank the 'Cloud Breath' boss for his 1,500 book coins!

Thanks to the two bigwigs of 'Kill Me with Updates' and 'Low-key Meow' for their 200 book coins!

Thanks to the 100 book coins of the 'Black Dragon Rising and Flying' boss!

Thank you very much for your support!

I can't repay it, kowtow and thank you!

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(End of chapter)